Re: History of the new Bypass line in Tacoma?
Author: BN Oly
Date: 12-22-2017 - 17:30
BOB R Wrote:
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> I think you're too myopic about the ten minutes.
> The trains serve Olympia (Lacey), Centralia,
> Longview and Vancouver. Saving ten minutes from
> Tacoma to any of the intermediate points is
> relatively large. Time savings and schedule
> reliability more than make up for the relatively
> small cost of this project. You also have to
> consider the demonstration effect of a driver
> inching along I-5 seeing the Cascade scoot by will
> attract many to "try the train".
The visual of the train flying past certainly would have been enticing... unfortunately now most of the general public will only associate it with the train flying off the track due to the wreck.